I missed last week, so here are some of my favorite sales from the past two weeks.

Isn’t this bear random? The only reason it even caught my eye is that it was still NWT. I looked it up, and was surprised to find that there were none currently listed, and the couple that had been listed recently both sold.

A new Goodwill opened across town recently, and I had just a few minutes between my boys’ basketball games one Saturday last month, so we stopped in quickly. We found a bunch of NWT Disney Store plush that had been purchased in Japan (the prices were listed in yen). The three characters below are all connected.

I had this set of Sesame Street books listed for several months. I ended the listing, did “sell as similar” adding Best Offer, and they sold a few days later at full price. I actually have another identical set in my office I now need to get listed.

I paid more for this blanket that I generally prefer (and thought about leaving it until an upcoming 50% off day), but decided after looking at completeds that it looked like a good bet. And it was. (Little Miracles is a Costco brand, and one of my favorites to resell.)

Where did the last month go? I thought I would stop in and share a few sales.

Not long before Christmas I decided to STOP procrastinating, and list a few items that I knew should sell fairly quickly (you know, if only they were actually listed).

Such as:

Handy Manny’s toolbox! You push a button and it plays music and the front row of tools moves around. I have sold several of these over the last couple years (and my boys have their own that I am looking forward to selling . . . eventually.) I finally listed it on December 14, and it sold in about half an hour.

Sold: $49.95

Super Why is still a great buy! This was a bigger Whyatt, who had a cape that moved when a button on his chest was pushed, and he also had springs on his feet. He was also (finally!) listed on December 14, and sold the same day.

Sold: $44.95

A 3X “ugly” (actually really cute) Christmas sweater. Also listed on December 14, sold the next day.

Sold: $24.95

So, why was I procrastinating again? No idea.

And here’s a BOLO reminder that I have mentioned before – Thomas Duplos! I came across a lot that was being sold on a FB group. Oddly it had been listed for several hours when I came across the post, a decent-sized bag full, for only $5. Why no one else had snapped it up I’ll never know, but I was happy to buy it. I picked them up on Veterans Day, and then let my youngest play with them for a month or so. I finally got them all listed about a week before Christmas. I was hoping for a few last minute sales, but the first train from this lot didn’t actually sell until Christmas Day. On the upside, every single one of the others has already sold since then.

Percy
Sold: $19.95 (7 days after listed)

Gordon + tender + passenger car
Sold: $39.95 (12 days after listed)

Thomas + Troublesome Truck
Sold: $39.95 (13 days after listed)

Thomas
Sold: $17.95 (18 days after listed)

And I’ve also sold a few Star Wars toys, no huge surprise.

Paid: $1 @ ys, Sold: $39.95 (listed since late summer)

I bought around 150 costumes on Halloween clearance this year, and have already sold quite a few. I think I must be close to recooping all of my initial investment, if I haven’t already. I thought the costume below was cute.

Paid: $2.49, Sold: $24.95 (sold 5 days after listed)

I’ve been focusing a lot more on clothing lately, and bought very few toys at yard sales this summer for resale. But looking at all of these sales makes me think maybe I need to get back into the toy groove. You’ve gotta admit, they’re way more fun!

What has been selling well for you recently? I’d love to hear about it!

This was some Star Wars fabric I picked up at half-price from Value Village ages ago, and it’s just been languishing in a tote for no good reason. Actually, I’m pretty sure the reason was that it was 13′ long, and I found trying to photograph it challenging, so I put it off. I picked up other SW fabric the same day that I listed and sold right away.

My oldest son was really into Thomas the Tank Engine. My younger son not at all. He skipped all of the toddler Thomas/Bob the Builder/Dinosaur Train stages and went straight to superheroes and Star Wars (which is what my oldest is now into). My youngest had a birthday this week which motivated me to swap his clothes from 3T to 4T, and I came across five pairs of 4T PJs that my oldest loved, but my youngest would be completely indifferent to. I didn’t even bother putting them in his drawer to be ignored, they went directly to eBay.

I got an e-mail with this purchase that it was a gift for a baby shower. I’m guessing the recipient must have had one when she was young? Hopefully it brought her some fond memories, and will create new ones with her little-one-to-be.

These probably came out of the same tote as the SW fabric above. I picked them up at a yard sale last summer, and then they just hung around for almost a year. I don’t bother much with most TY plush, but a few of the characters can be worth some money, and Blues Clues is a good bet in general.

A few weeks ago Margaret @ Live Like No One Else posted about how she saved some money by checking prices on both walmart.com and in the store. Which is great advice!

My oldest turns 7 today (!!!). We had a party for him last weekend, and he ended up with some serious birthday money. He and my husband wandered the Wal-Mart Lego aisle, and decided he would use all of his money on one big Star Wars Lego set he’s been wanting that comes with a whopping $90 price tag! I’m w-a-y too cheap to buy a gift like that (even for my own kid), which I guess is why he had to buy it for himself. Anyway, I had this niggling memory of her blog post of finding a cheaper price online vs. the store. I looked up the Lego set on my phone, and whaddya know, the online price was $75! Still a lot, but a decent discount. I found a couple employees talking together, and they both agreed that they couldn’t price match their own website (which I think is kind of crazy, but whatever), so we ended up ordering the SW lego set online, and he was able to get a second smaller superhero Lego set as well for his $90.

Ordering it online was a win/win/win for me. Lower price, delivered to our home, and I get all of the packaging materials to reuse in the future (like my free gift with purchase!) I’m not the only one who can get as excited about the packaging of my orders as I am about the actual items I receive, am I?

Also, as you’re shopping online don’t forget to make your purchases via Swagbucks to earn some additional points. I love getting rewarded for things I would be doing anyway. I got a couple hundred points from the purchase, just one more bonus in this whole scenario.So, thank you, Margaret, for the tip. It worked out great for us!

This has been on my own personal BOLO list for awhile now. This movie is out of print, and sells for up to $50 used, and $90 new. My oldest son is a huge Star Wars fan, as is my husband, and they have been wanting to own a copy.Just between you and me – I actually happened across a BRAND NEW copy last year. And I was mean and sold it (for $75 + shipping to Canada), and never got around to mentioning it to my husband. But, come on. It was new! My reasoning was that I could use the profits to buy a used copy for us (since the first thing my husband would undoubtedly do is to open the DVD so he and our son could watch it). But, somehow, I never got around to buying a used copy.But today, luck was on my side. The very last yard sale of the day, not on my list but just happened across, I found this:

I texted my husband the above photo with the caption “$1” when I got back to the Jeep. He immediately called me. Husband: You just bought that?Me: Yup, it only cost a dollar. You can have it if you want, or I could sell it for a lot more.Husband: I want it!Me: I know.It is very rare that I come across anything while yard-saling that my husband wants. It makes me happy when I do.

If, at yard sales, you are brave enough to dig through the boxes of discarded McD’s toys and the like, or are eyeballing a huge lot of Legos and trying to decide if it’s worth the money – keep an eye out for this guy: